Manufacturability Improvements and Assembly Workflow Design for Harvest Platform

The Harvest Platform is a fuel-less, carbon-free water heating solution designed to replace traditional gas-based heating systems in restaurant and hotel environments. The technology harvests and recycles waste heat from commercial cooking appliances, such as ovens and fryers, to reduce operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and scalable way. Based on a decade of research and development, Harvest Systems was spun out of McMaster University proceeding a successful research collaboration with Pizza Pizza Ltd and Thermal Electronic Corp, along with additional funding support from NSERC and OCE (now known as OCI). Currently, Harvest Systems Inc is focused on the $10.7 billion restaurant and hotel industry, where the platform acts as a drop-in replacement for traditional water heaters. As a pioneering Canadian manufacturer of waste heat recovery systems, Harvest Systems envisions a greener future by transforming waste heat into a valuable commodity. To achieve this vision, Harvest Systems has been actively engaged in pilot projects to demonstrate the technology in various restaurant environments and poised to launch their first commercial product in 2025. To meet the expected sales projections, this project will focus on improving component manufacturability and assembly workflow to reduce fabrication time and cost; thus allowing Harvest Systems to quickly scale production to meet the growing needs of the hospitality industry.

Faculty Supervisor:

Leyla Soleymani

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Partner:

Harvest Systems

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

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